It was one - rare - case where I needed to check if the CA alias had any records. And I will keep this Set in mind if/when I need it next time.
Thank you.

>SET SQLBUFFERING ON
>That's been my default for years. When do you want to select against a CA alias and get what you don't see?
>
>
>>Thank you.
>>
>>>You can still use SQL Select with
>>>

>>>WITH (BUFFERING = .T.)
>>>

>>>
>>>>That must be it. The CA Cursor is buffered. I will change the approach and won't use the SQL Select. Thank you.
>>>>
>>>>>Buffering?
>>>>>
>>>>>>I have a strange case where SQL Select from a cursor does not find any records.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Example:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I have a cursor created with CursorAdapter that has one or more records (verified as follows). Then I try to select from it but nothing is found. Here is an example:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>

>>>>>>select CaCursor
>>>>>>browse  && shows that is has records
>>>>>>select * from CaCursor where .T. into cursor C_temp
>>>>>>if _tally > 0
>>>>>>   *-- never gets here
>>>>>>endif 
>>>>>>select C_temp
>>>>>>browse && shows no records.
>>>>>>

>>>>>>
>>>>>>Why could this happen? TIA